OPINION: The Killer Effects of Racial Profiling

By Brittney Rooney Copy Editor    Trayvon Martin, a seventeen-year-old boy with no criminal record, was staying with his father and his father’s girlfriend. Right around dusk, Martin walked to the nearby 7-Eleven and bought a pack of Skittles and an iced tea.   On his way back from the store, Martin was walking quickly with his hood up to get out of the rain. This is when George Zimmerman saw him.   Zimmerman was the self-appointed neighborhood watchman in a small, gated community in central Florida. It was a rainy night, and Zimmerman was doing rounds on high alert, more »